Youzhou is located on the edge of the northern border of Tianchao, with Jianshui in the east and Mengshan Mountain in the west. The north and south sides are mostly plains, with undulating low mountains in the middle, wide fields and endless sky.
As the north wind blows, the vast and endless dry plains lead far to the sky.
More than 10,000 Xuanjia cavalry crossed the low mountains of Mengshan Mountain and appeared in the open Pingchuan area. They marched non-stop at a rapid pace. From a distance, it looked like a long-bladed sword that drove straight into the half-yellow mountains. The earth is long and wide.
The first two riders were white horses and white robes. They galloped ahead of the riders, and a dozen guards fell behind. They were divided into two teams and spread out like eagle wings to protect the left and right, stirring up dust.
Running up a low hill, everyone reined in their horses and stopped for a little rest. Yun Cheng circled in front of the hill and stopped beside Feng Chi. Qing Chen wore men's riding clothes for convenience, Qingqiu Shengxue was calm and composed, and his pair of autumn water clear pupils were as deep as lacquer, there was a kind of romantic and handsome beauty in Gu Panjian. On the horse, she surveyed the surrounding fields, and seeing the endless plains in front and behind, she couldn't help saying: "The terrain of Youzhou is defenseless, it's really hard for Shi Shi to stop Yu Cheng's rebels here."
"Therefore, Hezhou should be taken back as soon as possible. With the natural barrier of Qimen Pass, Hezhou is a natural barrier to the south of Youzhou." Ye Tianling looked at Pingchuan from a distance, with a hint of deep thought hidden in his eyes.
Qing Chen said: "It's a pity that the guard surrendered to the enemy, and Hezhou fell into the hands of the rebels easily. I'm afraid it's easy to lose, but hard to gain."
"It's okay." Ye Tianling looked calm: "There is no city that cannot be conquered in this world." While speaking, he looked away from a distance, and turned to ask her: "Are you tired?"
Qing Chen shook his head: "I'm not tired, why don't we compete to see who gets to Youzhou City first?" She smiled playfully.
An interesting look flashed across Ye Tianling's eyes: "Do you know how many years, no one in the heavens dared to compete with me in riding skills, let alone a woman?"
Qing Chen's phoenix eyes were clear: "So they are not Feng Qingchen, let alone Princess Ling."
Ye Tian Ling Danjun's eyes shone brightly: "Well said!" At this moment, he suddenly saw light dust flying in front of him, and a vanguard flying cavalry came to report: "Your Highness, the scouts ahead, Yu Cheng's rebel Qing cavalry attacking Youzhou was stopped by the defenders , now the two sides are fighting hand to hand and are fighting!"
"Where is it?"
"White Horse River twenty miles west of the city."
"map."
The guards behind him immediately unfolded the map of the military planes in the four realms. Ye Tianling got off his horse and took a look, and asked, "Who is leading the army on our side?"
"His Eleventh Highness personally led troops to block the attack."
"How is the force?"
"Between five and seven thousand each."
"Decree." Ye Tianling raised his battle robe: "March at full speed, copy the Baima River to the west and attack the rebels, if you see Yu Cheng alive! On the Long March, lead four battalions of soldiers to escort the princess into Youzhou City first, and nothing will be lost."
"Decree!" As the soldiers received their orders, Qing Chen took a deep look at him: "Be careful in everything."
Ye Tianling nodded slightly: "Go to the city first and wait for me."
"Yeah." With a smile on the corner of Qing Chen's lips, he watched him get on his horse and lead the army away. He turned around and ordered Wei Changzheng to complete the team, take the horse slightly, and gallop out first, and four thousand soldiers followed her to Youzhou.
King Che's army was stationed in the north of Youzhou City, Qing Chen and others passed through Youzhou City without stopping, and went straight to the barracks.
The soldiers in the battalion had always been familiar with the generals of King Ling's troops. The lieutenant general who stayed behind heard the report and went out to greet him, but he saw that there was an extra person in the Xuanjia army, who was dressed in white and lightly furred, with delicate features.
Not many people knew about Princess Ling's going with the army. The leading left deputy, Chai Xiang, gave Wei Changzheng a questioning look. Wei Changzheng leaned over and said something. Immediately nodded and smiled at him.
Chai Xiang knew how to measure and was not too polite, so he immediately arranged for the garrison to camp. After the arrangement was completed, some guards came to report that King Ling and King Che had led their troops back to the army.
From a distance, Qing Chen saw Ye Tianling and Shiyi riding back together, the soldiers behind them were orderly, with a little vigor and enthusiasm, obviously returning in victory.
Eleven Yi was dressed in military uniform and light armor, with a crimson purple war robe on his outside. He was tall and straight, with a heroic air. When he got close, he looked at Qing Chen and said with a smile, "Where did you come from, how come I don't know you?"
I haven't seen him for several months, and I really miss him in my heart. Qing Chen also looked at him with a smile, and bowed gracefully when he heard the words: "I have seen His Royal Highness King Che."
Eleven raised his eyebrows and smiled: "When you return from the war, you will be greeted with beauty, and life is happy!"
Just as Qing Chen was about to refute, his gaze fell on his left arm. Taking up the battle robe where the wind was blowing, there were bloodstains on the armor underneath, and she frowned before raising her brows: "Are you injured?"
"It's okay." Eleven wrote lightly, "It's just that he was negligent for a moment, and Na Yucheng was smart enough to let him get away."
Ye Tianling said to Eleven: "Go let Qing Chen take a look for you, I'm here."
Eleven nodded: "I'll be relieved when fourth brother comes." Smiling, he got off his horse and entered the tent, leaving all the affairs of the general to Ye Tianling.
Qing Chen ordered people to increase the brazier in the tent, carefully helped Eleven take off his shirt, and frowned when he saw it: "A few minutes deeper, you will see the bones, and you have lost so much blood, you must be injured later." Bravery."
Eleven rested his uninjured hand on the military case, closed his eyes and rested his mind, and opened his eyes still bright and smiling: "As a commander, even if this arm is crippled, you can't show timidity."
While cleaning his wound again, Qing Chen complained softly: "You are the prince, why should you work so hard?"
Eleventh said: "The army treats everyone equally, only soldiers and brothers, there are no princes and princes."
"It's as expected that I have been following my fourth brother since I was young, and my tone of voice is the same." Qing Chen was helpless.
The light coolness drove away the burning pain of the wound, and the fragrance of the medicine juice filled the side. Eleven smiled and said, "It's still your wound medicine."
"Didn't I bring it to you before I left?"
"Give it to the wounded soldiers." Eleven said casually.
Qing Chen knew that he had such a temper, so he couldn't help it, so he took a bandage and applied some medicine to fix it, and suddenly saw a faint scar on his shoulder, and said casually: "This is an old wound from before."
Eleven looked sideways: "It's also the medicine you took, but it wasn't as gentle as it is now."
Qing Chen tightened the straps maliciously, Eleven let out an "ouch" and smiled wryly: "I really offend no one and can't offend a woman!"
Qing Chen raised his eyebrows and said, "If you're not afraid of getting hurt, don't cry out for pain. His Highness the Eleventh will start a fire now?"
Eleven caressed the wound, looked around her body, and suddenly showed interest. He raised his arm and moved it, and found a comfortable position to lean against the desk: "I don't know how to make a stove, but it's better than someone who doesn't know how to make a fire." I know how to make a fire and cook, but I don’t know what’s in the house, I’m scared by the homemade snake wine when I enter the house, I can’t find the way out, I don’t even know what mountain I live in, what state or county I live in, it’s much better.”
After he spoke for a long time, Qing Chen was slightly startled, his eyes lightly waved, his eyelids were slightly half-downcast, and he revealed a thin smile. It turns out that there are so many loopholes. Seeing that Eleven is casual and willful on weekdays, in fact, everything cannot escape his keen eyes, and he understands clearly.
Eleven's eyes swept in front of her, black and bright and with a little smile: "I said fourth sister-in-law, with your ability to manage the house, how did you live in that bamboo house back then?"
Qing Chen raised his hand and threw the medicine bottle away, Eleven turned sideways to avoid it and caught it with one hand, laughing loudly. Qing Chen raised his eyelashes and turned slightly to meet his gaze, his eyes curved and smiled and asked for the medicine bottle back, "I want you to mind your own business!" She put away the things at hand and stood up, but suddenly Suddenly, he paused, and raised his hand to press his chest.
Seeing that her face turned pale instantly on Shishi, she hurriedly supported her: "What's wrong?"
Qing Chen shook his head slowly, suddenly felt a dull pain in his heart, and was speechless for a while. Relying on Eleven's support, she slowly sat down, took out a white jade bottle from her bosom, swallowed the medicine in it, and then recovered after a while.
Eleven's brows were tightly furrowed, he looked at her worriedly, and asked, "Is it still the disease?"
Qing Chen smiled indifferently: "I'm used to it."
Eleven said: "It must be that I am tired from traveling with the army these days."
"No." Qing Chen immediately denied.
"Don't hide it from me," Eleven said, "I know fourth brother's Xuanjia army very well. Not many people can stand it, let alone your body. In fact, I have long wanted to say that you have worked too hard in the army, why bother?" ?”
Qing Chen was silent for a while: "Don't tell fourth brother, he has been very accommodating to me along the way, I don't want to drag him down, but I must come, at this time I want to be with him, one day I will be by his side all day."
Eleven frowned involuntarily: "What you say makes people feel uncomfortable, like..." He paused.
Qing Chen's brows were slightly smiling, his paleness was clear, and he said what he hadn't finished: "There is no day to come, so I will watch the day closely."
Eleven raised his hand to stop her: "Don't say such things again, the world's famous doctors and medicines can always be found, and there are imperial doctors in the palace, and they will be recuperated when they return to heaven. Why can't they be cured?"
Qing Chen raised his lips and smiled, looked up at the top of the tent for a while, and his quiet eyes fell on Eleven's eyes: "You, like the fourth brother, never regard me as a doctor, but in fact I am no worse than any doctor in the world. It can’t be cured here, I’m just telling you this, you should believe me.”
Eleven felt inexplicably dull in the face of her tranquility, and asked after a long time, "Don't fourth brother know?"
"He only knows that this disease is difficult to cure, but I haven't told him about it." Qing Chen replied.
Eleven suddenly remembered something in what she said just now: "You said that it can't be cured here, so there is a place where it can be cured?"
Qing Chen's eyes were extremely deep and distant, and he always smiled peacefully: "Yes, but I won't go."
"Why?"
"If you want to take the risk of never being able to see her again, it's no different from dying." Qing Chen said lightly.
"Qing Chen." Eleven was very puzzled and said, "What kind of charades are you playing with me?"
"Eleven." Qing Chen called him, but did not answer his question: "You promised me three things, and you said that you can do anything."
Eleven said: "What I said is that as long as it is something you entrust, I will try my best to do it."
Qing Chen looked into his eyes calmly, and said: "If, I mean if there is such a day, I will entrust him to you. No matter what he wants to do, whether it is right or wrong, please help him when he is in distress. Help him when he is in trouble, and protect him when he is in danger."
The deep black sharpness in Eleven's eyes was flashed by a wry smile: "If there is the 'if' you said, can he still live?"
Qing Chen tightened his hand holding the skirt of his shirt slightly: "Yes, he is stronger than anyone else."
Eleven sighed: "Fourth Brother and I are elder brothers like fathers, teachers and friends, I will do these things if you don't tell me, if Fourth Brother treats me, he will do the same."
"Then I'm relieved." Qing Chen said with a smile on his lips.
"But I'm worried." Eleven said.
"Um?"
"You'd better promise me that there is no such if, otherwise I don't know what will happen." Eleven said seriously: "The fourth brother is ruthless because he is not easy to be emotional. You know it better than me. That kind of pain, you How can I help him for him?"
"I will." Qing Chen raised his head slightly, his eyes revealing a hidden tenacity: "I promise you too."
Eleven stretched out a hand to her, and the two of them clapped their hands in mid-air to make an oath.
After a while, Qing Chen said with a smile: "Although this disease cannot be cured, it will not be easily fatal. If it is treated well, it will lead to a long life. Don't worry, I am a good doctor after all."
Eleven leaned on the table and closed his eyes, looking a little tired, then opened his eyes, and said to Qing Chen: "You are afraid in your heart."
Qing Chen's smile froze when he heard that, Shi Shi's bright eyes looked straight into her heart, seeing her thoroughly. She took a deep breath and said quietly: "Those who know me, eleven."
Fear arises when love is deep. She is indeed afraid, but not afraid of the death of life. This kind of fear has nowhere to say and cannot be said, quietly entrenched in one place, seemingly nothing, she buried it deep in her heart and didn't think about it, and if she didn't think about it, she was able to see it at a glance. .
"Qing Chen, you have too many things in your heart. Do you remember that I told you not to worry about tomorrow." Eleven said: "You just have to believe in the people you are sure about, and believe in yourself, that's enough." .”
Looking at Eleven, who was slightly different from the past, Qing Chen responded with a clear smile.
It is a pleasant thing to be able to be in front of a person without worrying and covering up, including all emotional ups and downs.
She hopes that it can continue like this, that the green mountains are always in the green water, and the sun rises and the moon sets every spring, summer, autumn and winter. There are nights and sky, and she is content.
"You are all good, I will have no worries or fears." She whispered.
Eleven had a handsome smile from before: "By the way, I have something for you."
"What?" Qing Chen asked.
Eleven took out a small brocade bag from the case. Qing Chen opened it and looked up in surprise: "Where did you get it?"
Holding in her palm is a small green ghost bead, with mysterious dark green patterns growing in the clear crystals, which complement each other, elegant and beautiful. For the seventh exquisite crystal, Qing Chen's white fingers gently held it, and the fingertips touched the crystal's icy temperature.
"I heard from the fourth brother that you like these beads and have collected a lot of them. If you get them occasionally, I will keep them for you." Eleven said.
Qing Chen raised his eyebrows lightly, and said with a low laugh: "If I let the fourth brother know that you gave me this, I'm afraid I will blame you."
"Huh?" Eleven was surprised.
"What's behind my back?" With a light voice, the tent was opened, Ye Tianling came in and heard Qing Chen's words.
Qing Chen grasped the bead and hid it behind his back, smiling sweetly: "Secret!"
Ye Tianling glanced past her eyes and paused lightly. He didn't ask if she didn't say anything. He just raised his hand and poured a cup of tea, and sat down calmly.
Finally, Qing Chen couldn't help it: "Why don't you ask what Eleven gave me?"
Ye Tianling tapped the teacup lightly with his middle finger, and said flatly, "After a while, we will interrogate the two of you separately, and then we will know whether what you say is consistent."
Qing Chen couldn't help laughing, Eleven also smiled and said: "I think it's better to recruit, if you are taken to the Shenji Camp for interrogation, it will be too much."
Qing Chen then took out the string of beads, Ye Tian Lingyou's dark pupils narrowed slightly, his thin lips were lightly pursed, he gave Qing Chen a meaningful look, and said, "It's very beautiful."
Eleven was very familiar with Ye Tianling's mood and expression, and immediately knew what the beading was related to, and it was something Ye Tianling cared about a lot, a kind of care that was hidden and deliberately faded, not mentioned or said but put on it. I care from the bottom of my heart.
Qing Chen didn't wait for him to ask, and said: "I accept the things with a smile, and when I have time, I will let the fourth brother tell you slowly, and then you will understand what you asked me just now."
Ye Tianling looked at Eleven: "We'll talk about it another day, as long as you don't make a fuss then. Although Yu Cheng escaped by chance today, the loss of soldiers and generals is enough for him."
When Eleventh heard about military affairs, he put away his nonchalant expression: "Although the battle was a victory, Yu Cheng's 6,000 elite cavalry were almost wiped out. It will be difficult to lure him into battle in the future. I have spent a lot of money this time." It took a while to lure him, and they seemed to be trying to delay it. Besides, Yu Cheng was originally cautious and suspicious, and now that he knows that the Xuanjia Army has also arrived in Youzhou, he may not easily go out to fight."
Dragging the army of the West Road here, the Chinese army lost its response after passing Lin'an Pass. The longer the raising of troops is delayed, the more chaotic people will be in the world. People will be unstable, and new chaos will inevitably arise. If this continues, it will be difficult every step of the way. But for the rebels, they wished that there would be wars and disasters all over the world, and thus shake the rule of the royal family of the Celestial Dynasty.
Ye Tianling clasped his slender fingers lightly on the case, fell into deep thought, and said later: "Yu Su gave birth to two sons, the eldest son Yu Cheng led the West Road rebels, and the second son Yu Xiang followed him in Yanzhou?"
"Yes." Eleven said: "I heard that the two sons have always been at odds, so Yu Su would never put them together."
"It's better if we don't get along." Ye Tianling said with a solemn expression, "You might as well send someone to spread the news, saying that Yu Cheng led the army without any achievements for a long time, and Yu Su wanted to replace the command of the West Road with his second son Yu Xiang."
"Forcing Yu Cheng to rush to make meritorious deeds, and lure him to send troops." Eleven continued: "It's best to get the news from Yanzhou."
"Let Mr. Zuo try to accomplish this." Ye Tianling suddenly remembered something: "You can be bored with Chai Xiang these few days."
General Pingye Chai Xiang is a brave general in the 11th Army. He has almost never been able to lead his troops to fight.
Eleven chuckled: "The breath in his chest is so suffocated that he will be unstoppable like a tiger descending the mountain. I have something to use him for."
Qing Chen handed over a piece of paper with slightly dry ink stains, while teasing Eleven: "Poor Chai Xiang doesn't know that there is great work ahead, and he has to be depressed for a few more days."
Ye Tianling glanced over and said, "That's what it means."
It was a letter to Zuo Yuansun, Qing Chen saw that he had no objection, and wrote a few more words, took out a small seal dipped in vermilion ink pad and pressed it clearly on the bottom.
Seeing her slender fingers closing the pen and holding the seal on Eleventh, I felt that the iron-blooded atmosphere in the entire barracks was slowly calming down in her gestures, steady but not violent, quiet but not impetuous. After calming down like this, Qingning was restored. He was quiet for a while, and couldn't help sighing: "I will marry such a princess someday, so I won't lose to fourth brother."
Qing Chen smiled, quiet tenderness looming on his jade-like face, Ye Tianling raised his eyes to look at Eleven: "There are still people waiting for your wedding in Tiandu."
Eleven turned pale in astonishment, Qing Chen not only smiled, but smiled very narrowly, Eleven gave her a hard look, depressed.
After leaving the eleven's tent, a general came to report the affairs, and Ye Tianling stood in front of the camp to give a brief explanation. Qing Chen stood quietly beside him, holding the green ghost beads and looking up at the already gray sky.
The setting sun is low and far away, darkly entering the west mountain in the undulating field of Youzhou military camp, the outline of the earth is blurred under the long sky in the evening, and a kind of dim yellow emptiness permeates it, showing the desolation of the distance.
The north wind was bleak, her eyes followed the setting sun in Nagano, and she was slightly in a daze. She retracted and landed on the beads in her hand, and she held the cold beads one by one, thoughtfully. Suddenly the hand tightened, and Ye Tianling under the sleeve robe held her hand more forcefully, which made her feel a little pain, but pulled back her free mind.
Looking up, Ye Tianling was still talking to the lieutenant general, his expression was calm and he didn't look sideways, the corners of his lips were slightly pursed into a thin and sharp line, but it looked unusually bright under the twilight. He seemed to intentionally interrupt her space of independent thinking in this way, reminding her that it might also be a little compulsive, asking her to gather her thoughts elsewhere.
A slight smile unexpectedly covered his face, Qing Chen lingered on his side face, he seemed to feel her gaze, his eyes moved slightly, and the matter was almost explained clearly, the lieutenant saluted and retreated.
Ye Tianling turned around, let go of Qing Chen's hand, but wrapped her arms around her waist, his eyes examining her eyebrows slowly fell on the beads in her hand, and stopped.
A bonfire had been lit around the camp, and the transparency of the crystals shone in the enchantment of the fire, reflected in Ye Tianling's silent eyes. He seemed to have been looking at the bead for a long time before he stretched out his hand to pick it up from her fingers, and said lightly : "Do you still want these exquisite beads?"
The cold wind blew his hair, and Qing Chen's smile was a little seductive under the firelight: "It's beautiful, isn't it, you said that just now."
Ye Tianling looked up at the already dark night, his deep eyes were boundless into the night, and he didn't speak anymore, but just led her to the tent where they were resting.
After entering the camp, Ye Tianling never mentioned this matter again, until Qing Chen couldn't help but ask him: "Fourth brother, don't you like it?"
Ye Tianling looked at her quietly for a while: "Do you want to go back?"
The tips of Qing Chen's eyebrows flicked to his temples, and his phoenix eyes were raised: "If...you bully me, I will go back."
Ye Tianling's brows were motionless and cold, but he looked into her heart through her eyes, and said slowly: "Then you will never use these things."
"Who knows?" Qing Chen said with a smile on his face, "I heard that men are unreliable, and oaths are even more unreliable."
Ye Tianling finally raised his eyebrows, and said in a deep voice, "I won't give you a chance."
He said the gentle words in such a domineering tone, Qing Chen smiled charmingly from his eyebrows, she gently leaned into his arms, the corners of her mouth raised higher and higher, and finally her shoulders trembled slightly when she smiled.